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Medical Biotech

Harvesting plants

Using Plants to Make Medicines

Learn how plants can be used to make vaccines.

Medical Equipment and Instruments

Medicine and Science: Resources

Discover a set of resources designed to get you thinking about the intersection of medicine and science.

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Summer Symposium Series: Health Sciences Career Resources

A career in the health sciences would let you help people directly in a very 'hands-on' way!

Aaron Waldt

Aaron Waldt

Business Development Lead

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Helping Patients through Drug Discovery

Learn how researchers from Amgen are developing new drugs for cancer.

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Namrata Joshi

PhD Neuroscience

Namrata Joshi has a PhD in Neuroscience and works with Moffitt Cancer Center.
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Madiha Khan

Patent Examiner

Madiha Khan is a Patent Examiner at Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada.
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Sandeep Padda

Global Studies Manager

Sandeep Padda is a Global Studies Manager for Hoffmann-La Roche (Roche Canada).
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Ben Peacock

Director - Contracts, Pricing, Private payers and Pharmacy

Ben Peacock is the Director of Contracts, Pricing, Private payers and Pharmacy for Amgen Canada.
Monica Seger | Directrice des affaires médicales, oncologie

Monica Seger

Medical Affairs Director, Oncology (Retired)

Monica Seger was a Medical Affairs Director, Oncology (Retired) at Bayer healthcare.
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Paul Gordon

Bioinformatics Manager

Paul Gordon is a Bioinformatics Manager at the Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute.
Leann Sweeney | directrice de la performance des ventes et du marketing

Leann Sweeney

Director, Sales & Marketing Effectiveness

Leann Sweeney is the Director of Sales & Marketing Effectiveness for Amgen Canada.
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What if You Could Choose Your Baby?

Many people have had children using assisted reproductive technologies. But some of these medical biotech techniques can raise some ethical issues.

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My Stem Cell Donation Story

In April 2016, Let’s Talk Science volunteer Daniel Tarade donated stem cells to help a person who needed a stem cell transplant to survive. Learn what stem cells are, how and why people donate, and what Daniel’s experience was like.